Development and validation of business process reengineering (BPR) variables: A survey research in Slovenian companies

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5811-5834

  Herzog, Natasa Vujica ^a   Polajnar, Andrej ^a   Tonchia, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business Process Reengineering; Process management; Survey research

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; SURVEY RESEARCH;

EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 36249029253     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600854992     Document Type: Article

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